La Rioja – Ecos, an Italian company belonging to the Todini Group, has become officially active in Argentina, more specifically in the province of La Rioja, in the north-west of the country, where it will build a solar power plant. The Italian company invested $69 million in the project, which it will run with Enarsa, an Argentinian state company active in the field of energy. Ecos President Fausto Saccaro and the governor of La Rioja, Luis Beder Herrera, agreed on the construction of a first photovoltaic power generator of 10 MW for an initial investment of $23 million. This generator will be installed in the municipality of Villa Varela and will be the first of three in the area. The park, when completed, will occupy a total area of 90 hectares, with a generation capacity of 30 MW. Saccaro’s prediction is that construction will start before the end of the year, and by the second half of 2015 energy production will commence. (9Colonne)
